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Scarlet Snail
Joined: 16 Aug 2010 Posts: 76 Location: Suffolk
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Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:16 pm Post subject: Mystery caravan |
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Hi everyone, new user.
Can anyone identify my new purchase?
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad156/scarlet_snail/old%20caravan/lukwotibort.jpg
It has a 3/4 inch ring and pin coupling.
Previous owner had it as shed for 53 years, said it must have been thirty years old when he got it.

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Fluffle-Valve

Joined: 30 Dec 2009 Posts: 521 Location: At my computer in a bungalow in Duston, Northampton.
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:19 am Post subject: Re: Mystery caravan |
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I like this.
Is it for-sale.? _________________
Series 3 1972 LWB Truck Cab Pick Up. My daily drive. |
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Scarlet Snail
Joined: 16 Aug 2010 Posts: 76 Location: Suffolk
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:29 am Post subject: |
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Glad you like it, but not for sale. I found it by pure chance a few weeks ago, and have stripped it to the chassis for a complete rebuild. Much of the interior was missing, so only have marks on the floor and walls to get the dimensions.
I would welcome any suggestions and help!
I have done caravans before, but oldest is 1966, which recently won a trophy.
btw I use a Land Rover to pull it.
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Uncle Alec

Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 734 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:07 am Post subject: |
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I suggest that it is a home-built one. Quite common pre-war. What do others think? |
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Fluffle-Valve

Joined: 30 Dec 2009 Posts: 521 Location: At my computer in a bungalow in Duston, Northampton.
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Scarlet Snail wrote: | Glad you like it, but not for sale. I found it by pure chance a few weeks ago, and have stripped it to the chassis for a complete rebuild. Much of the interior was missing, so only have maks on the floor and walls to get the dimensions.
I would welcome any suggestions and help!
I have done caravans before, but oldest is 1966, which recently won a trophy.
btw I use a Land Rover to pull it. |
Aaahh, a proper towing vehicle...
Keep us posted with plenty of photo's of the rebuild... _________________
Series 3 1972 LWB Truck Cab Pick Up. My daily drive. |
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Scarlet Snail
Joined: 16 Aug 2010 Posts: 76 Location: Suffolk
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:16 am Post subject: I suggest that it is a home-built one. Quite common pre-war. |
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That occured to me, though having now stripped it down it does look like a professional has built it. Problem now is dating it. Could have been designed by a WW1 tank commander?  |
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Rick Site Admin

Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22779 Location: UK
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Scarlet Snail
Joined: 16 Aug 2010 Posts: 76 Location: Suffolk
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:20 am Post subject: |
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Oddball? looks normal to me!
This is how far I've got so far...
Bigger than it looks, those are landrover tyres. |
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Fluffle-Valve

Joined: 30 Dec 2009 Posts: 521 Location: At my computer in a bungalow in Duston, Northampton.
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:55 am Post subject: |
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So what are the dimensions of it?
16 foot'ish? _________________
Series 3 1972 LWB Truck Cab Pick Up. My daily drive. |
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Bayliss Thomas
Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 557 Location: SUFFOLK
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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Its great that these characteristic vans are being saved, well done and good luck with your project. |
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old van man

Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 384
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, i think what you may have here is Soralong caravan , made in Derby just after the war , there is one restored example left, an one unrestored, photos of which are on this website , go to home page ref classic caravans , look under mystery 30s 40s caravan, the club has some info on this make of van
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Scarlet Snail
Joined: 16 Aug 2010 Posts: 76 Location: Suffolk
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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It's about 16 foot long, difficult to measure as it is a bit wobbly at the moment. 6ft 10ins wide. There are no identifying marks anywhere. Soralong is closest guess, but they don't look like aluminium. I'll look out for info on them.
Can anyone read this?
SORALONG : Vogner produsert av firmaet S Oram and Son fra Alfreton i Derbyshire på slutten av 1940-tallet. Vognene holdt høy kvalitet, men hadde nok et noe alderssteget design. Modellen på 16 fot kostet 675 Pund, og hadde en innredning i polert eik og mahogni.
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Dalek63

Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 490 Location: North Cornwall
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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I'd definently say its a Dalek Snark class battle space cruiser. Downed in the first Earth invasion in 1966. Probably built in the Vardin yards on Skaro. _________________ I can resist anything except temptation ! ( Oscar Wilde)
"Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." ( Mark Twain)
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Uncle Alec

Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 734 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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No problem:
Wagner made these for the firm of S. Oram of Alfreton, Derbyshire, but his dad's slut was 1.93 meters tall. Wagner had the qualities of Chris Hoy, half man half fish; was designed for playing dominoes and nothing else. A 16ft long model of his dad cost 675 Irish pounds, a fish pasty, and the base player from Jimi Hendrix Experience shrieking on a mahogany pole.
I'll get my coat.... |
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emmerson
Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 1268 Location: South East Wales
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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It wasn't a mahogany pole, it was pine, hewn from the solid, which was extracted by hand from the depths of the Abersychan treacle mines in GoC, in about 2205. |
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